Well, here Rehoboam gets into the more horrible things of his reign. He wants badly to pick a fight with Israel, who had split off to form their own kingdom, but God tells Rehoboam though the prophet Shemaiah that its not a good time. For civil war. Go figure. God didn't want Israelites killing Israelites at this juncture in the game.
That probably didn't make Rehoboam happy. So obsessed was he with military stuff, that he used his pent-up energy to reinforce and supply all these towns so that Israel wouldn't easily be able to crush him. Despite having the far greater numbers.
Rehoboam spent a bunch of time on military buildup and misleading priests and people who allowed themselves to be misled by misled priests to offer sacrifice to graven images. Nice guy. But interesting that none of this helped Israel. It was those who continued to offer their sacrifices to the LORD that strengthened the kindom, even though their ruler was a reprobate psycho. It's encouraging news for those disatisfied with their current elected leaders. Or leaders-elect.
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